The Wild Nature Institute
Conducts Scientific Research
on At-Risk Wildlife Species and Their Habitats,
Advocates for Their Protection,
and Educates the Public About the Need to Preserve Wild Nature.
The Wild Nature Institute's scientists conduct original primary field research, analyze existing available data, and synthesize scientific literature. Avenues for dissemination of results include reports and peer-reviewed publications, presentations at scientific and management conferences, articles and editorials in the media, meetings with decision-makers, comments on land-management plans, and other innovative outlets.
Experienced consultants in:
Principal Scientists:
Monica Bond is a wildlife biologist and biodiversity activist with 15 years of experience in ecology of wildlife in fire-affected forests. Her extensive research on use of severely burned forest by Spotted Owls has led to the protection of much of this habitat type from post-fire salvage logging. As an advocate she has monitored public and private lands management activities to ensure adequate protection for imperiled species. She also studied space use by small mammals in Oregon's grasslands and demography of seals in Hawaii and California.
Derek Lee is a quantitative ecologist with expertise in demography and population ecology. Current research investigates Masai Giraffe and other large mammal populations in Tanzania. He spent 10 years researching the impacts of climate and ocean conditions on survival, reproduction, and population growth rates of marine predators such as Northern Elephant Seals, Common Murres, and Cassin's Auklets at the South Farallon Islands, California. His work was included in a conservation and management plan for seabirds in the California Current. He also studied migration of Black Brant in Humboldt Bay as well as fire ecology of small mammals in California's oak woodlands and California Spotted Owls in the Sierra Nevada.
Click on Staff Names for details of experience and publications.
Staff Email addresses: FirstName at wildnatureinstitute.org
Experienced consultants in:
- Wildlife Surveys
- Population Assessment and Monitoring
- Statistical Analysis of Population Data
- Radio-Telemetry Studies
- Capture-Mark-Recapture Studies
- Resource Selection and Habitat Studies
- GIS Mapping and Analysis
- Expert Declarations
- Synthesis Reports
Principal Scientists:
Monica Bond is a wildlife biologist and biodiversity activist with 15 years of experience in ecology of wildlife in fire-affected forests. Her extensive research on use of severely burned forest by Spotted Owls has led to the protection of much of this habitat type from post-fire salvage logging. As an advocate she has monitored public and private lands management activities to ensure adequate protection for imperiled species. She also studied space use by small mammals in Oregon's grasslands and demography of seals in Hawaii and California.
Derek Lee is a quantitative ecologist with expertise in demography and population ecology. Current research investigates Masai Giraffe and other large mammal populations in Tanzania. He spent 10 years researching the impacts of climate and ocean conditions on survival, reproduction, and population growth rates of marine predators such as Northern Elephant Seals, Common Murres, and Cassin's Auklets at the South Farallon Islands, California. His work was included in a conservation and management plan for seabirds in the California Current. He also studied migration of Black Brant in Humboldt Bay as well as fire ecology of small mammals in California's oak woodlands and California Spotted Owls in the Sierra Nevada.
Click on Staff Names for details of experience and publications.
Staff Email addresses: FirstName at wildnatureinstitute.org
